Highlights
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and most influential civil rights organization representing African-Americans. Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people." The NAACP is run nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organization. Departments within the NAACP govern its activities and oversee local chapters. Previously based in New York, the organization moved its headquarters to Baltimore in 1986. NAACP leaders announced their intention in 2006 to relocate to Washingt...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and most influential civil rights organization representing African-Americans. Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people." The NAACP is run nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organization. Departments within the NAACP govern its activities and oversee local chapters. Previously based in New York, the organization moved its headquarters to Baltimore in 1986. NAACP leaders announced their intention in 2006 to relocate to Washington, D.C. A year later those plans were put on hold because of lackluster fundraising. During the 1990s, the NAACP struggled with financial problems, leading to the dismissal of two top officials -- the Rev. Benjamin Chavis as executive director and William Gibson as board chairman. Bruce S. Gordon became the group's president and chief executive officer in 2005 following the resignation of Kweisi Mfume, a former five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland who had headed the organization for nine years. Gordon resigned in March 2007. Civil rights movement activist and former Georgia state representative Julian Bond remains as chairman.
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Anniversary celebration
The Howard County NAACP Youth Council will host a reception celebrating the 100th anniversary of the NAACP from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Ridgelys Run Community Center, 8400 Mission Road in Jessup. Free event will recognize several Howard County...Tags: Ceremonies, Society
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Howard County Datebook
Today 'Twelfth Night' Marriotts Ridge High School presents Shakespeare's romantic comedy at 3 p.m. in the school's auditorium, 12100 Woodford Drive. For tickets and more information, call 410-313-5568 or e-mail Jeanne Jurney at jcjurney@verizon.net....Tags: Dining and Drinking, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Personal Data Collection, Holidays
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Walt Disney -- prince or toad?
Even before it opens later this week, Disney's new animated feature, "The Princess and the Frog," is already considered something of a cultural and animation landmark. After centering cartoons on a Middle Easterner ("Aladdin"), a Native American ("...Tags: Interreligious Dialogue, University of Texas, Colleges and Universities, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Paul Robeson Jr.
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Nothing controversial in Rev. Wright's remarks
President Barack Obama's former pastor, whose fiery sermons ignited controversy during the election campaign last year, told a local NAACP chapter Friday night to remember the past while continuing to work for change. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright avoided any...Tags: National Government, Glen Burnie, Barack Obama, Government, Trinity United Church of Christ
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Minority parents join schools talk
Pahokee Commissioner Allie Biggs at the start of Tuesday's Palm Beach County School Board meeting led 14 elderly residents off a bus into an auditorium where the battle over the school district's academic reforms took center stage.
Hundreds of minority...Tags: Art Johnson, Palm Beach County School Board, Academic Progress
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Black lawmakers face unexpected challenges now that they have seized unprecedented power
AP National WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress — and face new challenges...Tags: The White House, Laws, You Lie! Outburst (2009), Democratic Party, Hate Crimes
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Are some local students being excluded from gifted education programs?
Staff reporterIt's a school lesson State leaders learn for the first time. Minority students are poorly represented when it come to gifted programs. "Some preliminary data that we've seen both from the department of Education and the NAACP has indicated there's an...Tags: Government, CBS Corp., Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Heads of State
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Md. city erects Dred Scott decision plaque to quell rancor over Supreme Court justice's statue
Associated Press WriterFREDERICK, Md. (AP) — More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled a plaque Tuesday to educate visitors about the opinion and the local man who wrote it —...Tags: Local Authority, National Government, Frederick County (Maryland), Slavery, Government
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Power and Light District Forms Dress Code Committee
Meagan Kelleher, FOX 4 Web ProducerThe Power and Light District was speaking out after black ministers protested there over the weekend. The debate is over Power and Light's dress code and whether it's racist. Power and Light District management said it still believes the dress code is...Tags: Dresses (clothing)
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Community events
Weekend highlights Project Management Professional Prep Class. today and Saturday ODU Peninsula Higher Education Center. Project Management Institute — Hampton Roads Chapter, is offering an intensive, to the point, test-driven course, presented by...Tags: Anglican, Hampton Roads, Colleges and Universities, Hampton University, Beverage Industry
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Civil rights leader encourages Hampton NAACP chapter to 'keep pushing'
247-7840HAMPTON — Though the United States has made great strides in the fight for civil rights during the 100-year existence of the NAACP, including having elected a black president, Congressman John Lewis implored a roomful of association members Sunday...Tags: National Government, Hampton Roads, Martin Luther King Jr., Government, Hampton University
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Nor'easter school and business closing list
WTKR-TV3CLOSINGS: --NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN: CLOSED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY --ST. LEO UNIVERSITY- LANGLEY CENTER: SATURDAY CLASSES CANCELLED --THE CONTROLLED BURN SCHEDULED BY THE CAROVA BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SUNDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AN...Tags: Employees, Colleges and Universities, Public Schools, Preschools, Advanced Training
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